elshadow001

Driving 20 miles won't even get me to the store to buy food!

Yeah I'm thinking it's stock too because i really havent found any other mods on this truck

Does this look like a stock intercooler?I read stock ones have plastic ends and I don't know just curious

This is the rear bolt on plastic fender on my 3500 duallyIt is the outside dually fender on the right rear of the bedI went out and took these shots, if you look real close you can detect where the break was now after what like 8 years, not to bad i guess not perfect

file:///C:/Users/Retired/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.pngReceived this file from alliant company reguarding my transfer pump that I recieved with my vp44. According to them my vp44 won't fail with their transfer pump SPM 03-13R2 Fuel Transfer pump.pdf

Ok I don't know why! Why would you want to turn off the grid heater in the manifold. I see people posting about it!

What ever happened to probable cause!So is the world now guilty until proven inoccent!How about got a warrent!How about I thought it was someone stealing my fuel so i shot him!oops i didnt know it was in reverse sir sorry I ran over your foot, wow i get that med bill is gonna cost!LOL

I have a story to share!Within a week of the day that I bought my truck, I had an accident.Nope not vehicle! It was my truck verses a shopping cart at Walmart!As the wife and I were leaving a Walmart store a shopping cart came out from between two cars and Pow hit my right rear fender.Well I was moving about 15 miles per hour and it was moving at a unknown speed.It broke my fender! -- split it --- split was almost the whole length of fender running up and down to the bottomI went imediatley to the manager and we took pictures. Then I went to a body shop and got an estimateThe price of the fender alone was like over a thousand dollars I gave the estimate to walmart.total bill was like around $1,800 if i remember correctly.Believe it or not they paid me. Sent a check.Ok thats not the story yet!I went to the paint store and got a pint of matching paint and thinner etc.They asked me why don't you repair it yourself! and then they said we sell a plastic repair thay you mix up like body filler. They said it is mainly used on bumper repairs, but would work on the fender.Ok I bought some, not very costly. I went home and took out the rear fender well and it was very easy.on the inside it was very clean. So i worked the fender back into what was near the original postion, and put some air conditioning aluminum tape on the inside of the fender to hold it in place.Mind you this tape you cant get at lowes or home depot or wherever. This tape is made of pure aluminum with sticky on one side. Just peel and stick. It is some tuff stuff. Ok after putting the tape on it was almost like it had never been hit.Now I took my dremel tool with a small rotary file in it and sat down and slowly ground out the crack so it was almost all the way through. It is very easy to tell when your almost through you can see the broken area.. I did that all the way down the fender top to bottom, and then mixed up the plastic repair putty and smeared it in the crack, leaving it slightly higher then the fender.Now I used a rotary sander -- my wood sander -- sanded it smooth and put some primer on it.Off to the body shop! payed them $100 to spray paint the fender with my paint.That was in 2003 here it is 2010 and it still is holding great and can't be seen.So for me I had a net income of about $1500 for a days work!That is my story and maybee it might come in handy for someone else here that has a broken fender on the rear of their dodge truck

One of the reasons I bought my diesel truck was!For the last 6 years of my working life I drove nothing but diesel equiptment ( Meow )No names mentioned.I worked them hard every day I drove at least 8 hours a day on the job moving dirt with a front end loader ( model 966 )I loved it! So one month before I retired I got my truck!Ok I had some problems with my vp44, I am learning, and still love my truck even though I don't drive it much.

I hope this is not to far out for a post!I am 68 years old, and now have the Diabetes! My blood sugar level had gotten up to 400! Not Good.So I now take the pills to lower my blood sugar, just like everyone else.Now here is my reason to post.I have discovered a product that anyone can get from most health food stores, or asian cusiune store.It is called Palm Sugar or sometimes coconut sugar. It tastes like brown sugar, and not bad.The reason I am using it is: It has a low glycemic index of 33 that means two teaspoons of this sugar is like almost nothing in comparison to regular sugar.It is high in potassium and other stuff, so it is not a people killer.Since I have been using it my blood sugar is down to 120 in the morning and that is after eating cookies in the late evening, and I have reduced my meds by half.Ok I'm no doctor and I don't sell stuff. But for a couple bucks you might help your self.Just wanted to share something in my life that might help someone else

Why I would never run the good stuff in my old truck!Cough! Cough!Price just went up to $2.45 a gallon Here in Oklahoma!

It is a good feeling to know there are people here that like to share informationThanks Again

Went to wally world tonight bought RPM Delo 400 15-40 $8.50 a gal got me 3 gallons to have on hand, and one gallon of two cyle oil.Well Only change oil once a year so that should last a while. Don't burn that much fuel so my two cycle oil should last a while.Well now that my grandson is in football my truck can get more exercise taking him to school and back

I was reading the sign on our red dye fuel pump in town. It says : Warning this is off road diesel ( like I knew that ) Warning this fuel contains in excess of 500 parts per million sulpher only to be used in engines certified to use sulphured fuel.Hmmmmmmmm!End of story

Got me a better gauge today and checked my pressure on my lift pump. Got a 0 to 30 psi gauge.On starter bump i get 14 psi.start engine and run im getting 12 psi at idle.Put truck in gear, hold brake and acelerate i run at 9 psi when really pulling hard.So I'm hoping that is good enough for my stocker around town.OH yeah! I never realized how stupid I am.I realized I have a intercooler on my truck! Duh! I was thinking it was my air conditioning condensor.Like they say sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees.

I would like to see some pictures of where people have put gauges in the 2001 dodge 3500 trucks.I don't see any real place to put any other then the pillars on the side, and I think that would be very hard.Thanks Ahead for any response to this postElshadow

That should be --- My sex life!Pow I get hot then baybie I'm on fire!Ha Ha

Imagine what it would have been like to see the grand canyon being formed!

Thanks for the information

Where is the crank sensor located on my 2002 24v engine?I read about it but no one says where it is!Still learning!Sorry wrong forum!

Does two cycle fuel stop gelling in the winter?It would seem logical that someone would have taken some of the fuel mixed with two cycle oil, and put a sample in the freezer and looked at it as it got cold to see if it would gel!I haven't seen any posts where someone has tried it.

I posted earlier about my pressure to my vp44 and miss quoted the pressure.I just went out and rechecked my guage. I guess I was in a haste and miss read my guage.Cranking I get : 10 psiIdle I get : 12 psiFull load I get: 7 psiI usually don't use my truck for anything except go to the store, or an ocasioanal hauling of manure or maybee some rocks for around the house.Mostly just very minor things in town.I want to get a guage with more span on it now the one i have is 0- 100 psi so it might even be a little better

Ok I have been reading posts on fuel temperature effecting the vp44.No one is saying what is a good temperature for the fuel!How hot is to hot?How cold is to cold?If the overflow valve is not allowing fuel to return to the tank then you are stuck with the temperature that is coming from the tank.If the overflow valve is open then the temperature is what is generated under the hood and from friction in the pump and injector pump!So would a inline cooler be a improvement? then if the air is to cold it seems like it would be a detrament and you would want a inline heater.Just some thoughts in my head and I would like to see other peoples thought on this

Thanks I got the wix!

I went to Harbour Freight, and got a fuel injector pressure tester.$18 it screws on the shrader valve, shows 10 psi at idle, and 5 psi under full load.